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THOMAS LEWIS BANKS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

COCK, TAP, OR VALVE FOR FACILITATING ATTACHMENT TO CASKS, TANKS, 8L0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 596,314, dated December 28, 1897. Application filed February 10,1897. Serial No. 622,809. (No model.) Patented in England lvlay l9, 1893,1T0. 10,047.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS LEwIs BANKS, a citizen of England, residing at Lindores, No. 3 Branston Road, Kew Gardens, London, in the county of Surrey, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cocks, Taps, or Valves for Facilitating Their Attachment to Casks, Tanks, or other Receptacles, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, dated May 19, 1893, No. 10,047,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object an improved device to be employed in connection with cocks, taps, or valves for enabling them to be readily and effectually secured to casks,tanks, cans, boilers, and other receptacles, more particularly in those cases where the surface to which the cock is to be attached is too thin to allow of its attachment by driving or screwing in the spigot end of the cock in the usual manner. For this purpose a tubular piece, which may either be formed in one With the cock, so as to constitute its-spigot end, or may be a separate piece to be secured to the cock, is, first, so constructed that when it is passed through a hole in the vessel to which it is to be secured portions thereof can be made to project over the edges of such hole on the inner side,and, secondly, it is provided with a screwthread on part of its length, on which is fitted a screw-nut. Thus when the said tubular piece has its end passed through the hole in the receptacle in such manner that the said parts thereof project over the edge of the hole on the inner side and the nut is then screwed tight up against the outer surface of the receptacle, with the intervention of a suitable Washer for making a fluid-tight joint, the side of the vessel will be firmly gripped between the said screw-nut and its washer on the outer side and the projecting parts of the tube on the inner side, thus forming a perfectly fluidtight fastening for the cock, tap, or valve or of the tube to which the cock, tap, or valve is attached.

The device on the tube for affording the requisite abutment on each side of the hole when the tube is'inserted may consist eitherv of a separate piece or pieces pivoted to the end of the tube, which when this is inserted assume a position at right angles to the tube, so as to extend across the hole of the vessel.

I will proceed to describe the mode of carrying my invention into practice with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view, partly in side elevation and partly in section, showing the parts in position before they have been clamped to the vessel. Fig. 2is apart plan. Fig. 3is atransverse section of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view to Fig. 1, showing the parts drawn up into position ready to be clamped to the vessel. Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation, showing the parts clamped to the vessel; and Fig. 6 is a view of a modification, showing the tube A made separate from the cock.

In the arrangement at Figs. 1 to 5, A is the tubular piece forming the spigot end of the cock A. It is made cylindrical, with two flat faces a a at the end, against which fit the sides b b of the separate piece 13, as shown more clearly in the part plan and section at Figs. 2 and 3. This piece is pivoted to the tube A by a strong pin 0, passing through both parts, the weight of the solid portion 1) of B having the tendency to turn it from the horizontal position at Fig. 1 to the vertical position at Figs. A and 5.

At 19 the parts I) are formed with notches which butt against corresponding shoulders on A and thus prevent the piece B from turning on its pivot when the tube A, with its cock, is turned around from the position shown at Fig. 1 into the diametrically opposite position, while when in the position at Fig. 1 the piece B is quite free to turn down on its pivot.

The part of the tube A beyond the ends of the piece B is formed with a relief screwthread a, with which a nut D can be made to engage.

' E is a shield fitted loose on A and partly B will turn on its pin into the vertical position shown in dotted lines. The tap is then drawn outward till it assumes the position shown at Fig. l, with the part B bearing against the inn er face of the vessel G, and the Washer F and shield E being pushed close up to the outer face of G the nut is then screwed onto the thread at until it presses the shield and washer tight against the vessel, so as to nip this firmly between the washer and the part B, as shown at Fig. 5.

It will be seen that the neck of the shield E requires to be made of a length corresponding to the distance as, Fig. 1, between the piece B and the inner face of the vessel.

For removing the cock when required the nut is unscrewed, and the tube of the cock having been pushed inward into the position at Fig. 1 it is turned half around, so that the weighted end Z) of the piece 13 is uppermost. Upon then giving the cook a slight jerk the piece 13 will fall back into the position in line with A, so that this can be withdrawn from the hole.

In the construction before described the tubeAis formed integrally with the cock A.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a modified construction. The tube A is in this case shown separate from the cock and with a screwthread (L to which the cock or a tubular extension thereof may be fixed by a screw-union, as indicated by dotted lines.

Having thus described the nature of this invention and the best means I know of carrying the same into practical effect, I claim- In a device for securing a cook or tap to a vessel, the combination with a spigot-shank, A, of a forked piece B pivotally attached intermediate its ends to the end of said shank and arranged to normally assume a position at right angles thereto when the shank is turned in one direction, and a stop for holding the said forked piece in alinement with the shank when the latter is turned into the opposite position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 28th day of January, A. D. 1897.

T. LElVIS BANKS.

\Vitnesses:

OLIVER IMRAY, JNo. P. M. MILLARD. 

